SEARCH ABANDONED IN DAGESTAN BUILDING COLLAPSE.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 2 Issue: 218

November 20, 1996 08:00 AMAge: 20 years

Rescue operations ceased yesterday at the site of the November 16 explosion in a block of military apartments in Dagestan. In all, 106 people were recovered from the rubble. Of those, 68 were dead, 20 of them children. The cause of the blast is still unknown. Accidental causes have not been ruled out. (Itar-Tass, NTV, November 19)

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